7

Fantastic rum to start with so you don't get disappointed.

9

Just had a quick taste and it was a very nice surprise. Taste of vanilla and toffee. Rather sweet, but still a rum to me, rather than a rum-based liquor. Need to buy a full bottle and see how I like it on the long run.

Vanilla, honey, syrup, a lot of sweet corn and caramel that are well balanced by the strength

8

Solera on the sweeter side is normal, but this one manages to be more smooth than other, which adds some drinkability to this bottle.

Nose: Vanilla, burnt suger and some minor hints of prunes and wood
Taste: Caramel, raisins, some roasted oak and a slight aftertaste of coffee.
Overall: A good sweet solera rum that would have been near perfection if it wasn´t watered down to 42abv

Cracking Dominican Expression of a Well Aged Solera Style Rum
Posted
27 Jul '18
by
Robert Ferron
from
United Kingdom
with
168 ratings

8

Purchased a sample from www.masterofmalt.com for under £10, decided to try after reading a review on here. The bottle was sold out but luckily there were still samplers available.

It's got a rich dark brown hue, and is from the Dominican Republic it's well aged and rounded and a wonderful sipping rum I definitely would not spoil the flavours and aromas by mixing this beauty.

It's sweet and reminiscent of sherry on the nose and in the mouth, it's remarkably smooth even though it comes in at 42% abv. It's simply a wonderful rum I'm glad I read the review I did and will certainly purchase a full bottle in the future.

6

There are some good flavours in it, but too sweet for me.

10

Its sweet, round and velvety. It has a complexity and a taste that last long. I owned this rhum for 14 days and it is really boosting my intererest for rhum again. It very much like zacapa XO but has less taste of alkohol. Unbelievable it is 42*. Cant recomend it enough.

8

Enjoyable but nothing that noteworthy - as Quality rums go, a bit samey
Posted
10 Mar '18
by
Snookerman
from
United Kingdom
with
107 ratings

8

I found this a good rum -
a sweet nose with vanilla, oak, mollases and above all brown sugar
Those tastes are all there in the mouth but it does taste quite sweet. I suspect it has a lot of added sugar and caramel - I haven't checked as I write this...
But, you now what, other rums have added sugar and just did more for me on the first and second taste - El Dorado 12, Diplomatico Exclusiva Reserva (which has a much richer and longer lasting flavour and kick)
I don't want to damn this with faint praise, because I'd say that it was worth an 8 (maybe a 7.5 if I could). Further tastings may reveal more, who knows, but I did find it just a tad samey - good, but samey.
I didn't find the aftertaste to be particularly long.